OzEmail stops blocking email from AT&T WorldNet users

By Sam VargheseJanuary 6 2003

OzEmail, Australia's second largest ISP, has stopped blocking email from AT&T WorldNet users.

Users of the service said this had been going for the last two weeks.

Asked about this, OzEmail spokesman David Bathur said: "OzEmail has a very stringent anti-spam policy, and we do our very best to shield our users from unsolicted mail wherever possible. As such, we sent requests to the mail administrator to deal with the high levels of spam from certain addresses, and in the meantime placed a block on those IP addresses."

He did not mention any specific provider by name.

Bathur said the block had now been removed but added that OzEmail would "continue to monitor the spam from those sources."
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Earlier, when a user asked AT&T about it, the response was: "Due to a single user incident, the administrators of several competing mail services and internet providers have blocked the incoming mail from a large portion of AT&T WorldNet's customers, without warning or showing a specific cause.

"Users trying to email friends and family belonging to these networks are receiving "Return Address Refused" messages when their server refuses the connection from Worldnet. Other users have their messages queue for three days before being notified."